Multi-speed Europe will lead to its end - Duda

The European Union will become less attractive to some member states if it implements a “multi-speed” strategy, and break up ultimately, President Andrzej Duda said during his speech at the Economic Forum in Krynica. “A division of the bloc into a multi-speed union will not be beneficial ... politically, will not be beneficial economically,” he added. The multi-speed approach was one of the 5 proposed strategies for the post-Brexit EU, presented by the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker back in March. According to the scenario, different member countries or groups of countries adopting different levels of participation with the union, with separate budgets for euro zone members, and countries that did not adopt the common currency, such as Poland. “If EU membership becomes less attractive for countries that are thrown out of the first decision-making circle, then this moment, in my opinion, will be the actual beginning of the end of the union. Sooner or later the societies of states that today view the EU positively will feel rejected and support for the EU will decline, which will result in further Brexits,” Duda elaborated.